GOP candidates Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush denied allegations that Bush rebuffed Rubio during a break at Tuesday’s Republican presidential debate, assuring the press it was “a cordial exchange”.
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Bush has been dropping in key national polls for months, but supporters of the son of former President George H.W. Bush and brother of former President George W. Bush believe he may not be able to begin to turn that trend around, Bloomberg reported. Bush’s major challenge in Florida now isn’t so much overcoming Rubio, but all the other major candidates in his home state.
“I hate to say it, but we have to leave it the way it is”, Trump continued.
“It is pretty clear that neither Carson or Trump are going anywhere and that Cruz is definitely on the rise”, said Matt Towery, a veteran political analyst and former head of InsiderAdvantage. He said he would deport the estimated 11 million people living here illegally, touting President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s efforts in the 1950s as proof such a mass deportation can be done.
To the millions who have always been there to stop the tyrant, protect the weak and preserve the peace – we have not forgotten you.
Fiorina said she would take steps to build up US military forces around the world.
One person who wasn’t asked to weigh in – and didn’t insert himself into the discussion – was Rubio, who has had to walk back his involvement in a failed Senate plan to dramatically overhaul the country’s immigration policies with a plan that included a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, which a few Republicans decried as unfair amnesty. When asked in a CNBC interview about raising the minimum wage, Carson said, “I think, probably, it should be higher than now”.
Ohio Governor John Kasich and Bush both blasted Trump’s plan, which many Republicans fear will alienate Hispanic voters who are vital to winning the election.
Cruz, who is in his first term as the junior Senator from Texas, is the second choice of 19 percent of Republican voters. It wasn’t former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush further sinking his own campaign. A man near the front handed Trump his copy of “Crippled America” and Trump used it as a stage prop for a while before signing the book and handing it back.
Sen. Rand Paul also talked Tuesday night about income.
“Donald, sorry, I’ve got to interrupt again”.
“So many in the media want to bring me down, because I represent something that they can’t stand”, Carson said, later asking students to pray for him and his family.
“While Carson chuckled, Cavuto grinned, and then said, I will forget that follow-up”.
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All of the Democratic presidential candidates including front-runner Hillary Clinton, 68, have called for an increase in the minimum wage. “We need to win the presidency, and the way you win the presidency is to have practical plans”, Bush said.
